In the beginning days of Unix and later Linux, disks were physically large, but very small in terms of storage capacity. A 300 megabyte disk in the mid-90’s was the size of a shoebox. Today, you can ...

Modern network connectivity is light years ahead of what it once was. Even though it's much more reliable than it was in the 1990s, issues still come up -- which is why I'm glad that Linux includes a ...

I stopped switching apps the day I learned to pipe commands.

Even though Linux systems are quite stable, daily use can trigger certain errors. Several Linux distros include GUI tools, but the most reliable fixes happen in the terminal because it gives you more ...

The Linux command line is a text interface to your computer. Also known as shell, terminal, console, command prompts and many others, is a computer program intended to interpret commands. Allows users ...

Installing and updating the OS, managing user accounts, and looking after security are just a few of the primary responsibilities of a Linux systems administrator. While I don’t imagine that I’ll ever ...